What will be the Avocado bathroom of the future?

[Eastwickwitch]

I'm doing a whole house & am questioning my taste. I know opinions are subjective but could you help with your ideas?
So far I'm thinking

-not stone everywhere e.g. whole bathrooms full of Travertine
-not down lighters everywhere
-no feature walls I can't wallpaper anyway
Any ideas would be very welcome.

[OnePlanOnHouzz]

Such a fab thread ! I love it !!! And so many good 'bad ideas!'...
I would like to add that for expensive items, you can't go wrong with classics that suit the age and style of your home .(eg flagstone floors in an old cottage are fine - in a 70's semi they may look odd ) And for easily changed, less expensive items, a bit of frivolity or going for the latest trend won't hurt as long as you factor in that you will tire of it and want the next latest thing in a few years ! Life is for living ! Live it and enjoy it !!! We are all guilty of following the latest fad somewhere in our lives !! There's nothing wrong with it at all !!!

[fairisleknitter]

I am a convert to granite worktops and would install them in the future, practical as you can put hot pans on them.

I'm totally against breakfast bars.

I reckon light oak is about to look dated as I've just done my living room out in it!

[Eastwickwitch]

I think hot tubs.

[RenterNomad]

at giant body driers. Who would need one of those? Only a very, very hairy person, and rhe hair would just fly off and get into the machinery and all over the floor - how extremely horrid (original meaning of horrid being "bristling!)"

[PigletJohn]

I've recently dragged a giant out of the sea. He's drowned, and wet. I need to dry the body....

[RenterNomad]

...and you will just blow breathe life into him again! Don't do it!

[echt]

Interesting what pigletjohn said about laminate tops and steel sinks. Exactly what we've had put into our late70s/early80s Au wooden house. It looks good, cleans a treat, and doesn't look fashionable.

Unfortunately the laminate has lifted at the seam, which mean the fitters will have to put in a whole new top (happened in less than 10 weeks). The point of this narrative is the thoughtful tone of the the builder who's come to repair our balcony, also part of the kitchen/bathroom re-fit team. He stroked the lifted bit and remarked how he'd just had the same laminate fitted in his own kitchen, with the seam at the same point. This is of more moment to him as he's 70 next week. :o

Just stuff that happens, and I'm still in favour laminate. Or I will be when they replace it.

[Rooners]

Not sure but as a househunter at the moment I'm avoiding anything with a UPVC door, UPVC windows, 'neutral' tiles/'updated' kitchens and bathrooms, which look like they have been swiftly bunged into a buy to let for students - decking, laminate (though it is hard to avoid - only considering it in a flat that needs to be quieter than just the boards) and places that have had their fireplaces ripped out.

Also P shaped baths and curved shower screens etc in fact any glass shower screen,

built in appliances, chipboard units, etc etc. Except one day they can be ripped out in turn and replaced with something better.

Oh and awful, awful modern ceramic tiles on the floors - usually in a dark grey with pale grout or a pale beige, that sort of thing.

It is so boring and they are a bugger to get off.

[Rooners]

What is probably my pet hate decor wise is those horizontal striped panelled curtains with eyelet tops from Dunelm Mill. In teal, brown, beige, suede effect and 'wine'.

Does anyone actually like them or are they just 'fashionable'?

[unlucky83]

Ohhh rooners I wouldn't not have a glass shower screen ...hate shower curtains! Nasty horrible prone to mould things that are cold and uggh when they wrap themselves round you and stick to you, and you have to faff taking down and washing and putting back...give me something that can be swiped over with a vinegar cloth and window squeegee anyday
(Curved ones though ...probably not - can see if they ever needed replacing might be a pig to get one to fit)
I don't really like ceramic tiles on floors - cold (unless you have underfloor heating) and nothing bounces on it - guarantee to break crockery etc.
Have to clean the grouting.
Even my mum's supposedly anti-slip tiles are lethal when wet (but then so is laminate etc but at least it will give a bit if you fall on it - unlike solid ceramic - my DD1 got a really nasty bump running in to my DMs from the paddling pool )
And like you said a pain to get rid of and if on wooden floors need a thick board layer to stop them cracking (will raise your floor level might not match up with everywhere else) and access underneath...

[unlucky83]

(I'm so positive!!!)
Eyelet curtains/curtain rods with draughty windows are a no-no - close fitting ones are better for keeping draughts out...
(my new house had wooden pelmets over the windows - long since taken down, but I can't face throwing them away ...might even put them back -but they are solid wood, weigh a ton - so might replace/partially replace with something a bit lighter....painted white (ceiling colour) ...might not be too hideous???)

[Rooners]

True about potential for breakage and injury - also I'm never, ever fitting ceramic over wood again! That was an experience.

But over concrete in a damp kitchen I think they are unbeatable because vinyl just rips or dents or discolours or goes mouldy underneath, and ceramic tiles are there properly for ever hopefully.

I did the entire floor before fitting anything on top so if the wooden cabinets ever disintegrate from the insidious damp, at least they can be replaced without taking the floor up/filling in tile gaps etc.

I love my kitchen floor. Self levelling compound was a bugger though.

[alemci]

yes our laminate floor squeaks in places even though it is laid evenly, something to do with underlay. we also have ceramic tiles and they do chip in places but have been quite hardwearing and prefer them to lino etc.